Could they be any more dense or any more bright? This barrage of flowers is from the front yard of a rundown house on a side street I sometimes take. It has a great deal of everything crammed into a very small space. It offers no sense of design or forethought, but the clamorous nature of the yard offers a half-dozen things to stop and notice every time I pass. This grabbed my attention — how could it not — but I noticed today that they are mostly gone. I have no idea what plant created them. They bloomed suddenly, accomplished their task, apparently, and then swiftly disappeared. We, of course, are not why they bloom. As a result, they owe us no explanation whatsoever.